Tie rack



@et 2, 1934. c. w. Gn-:ssLER TIE RACK Filed Ju1y`17, 195:5

rgovl for the rod and a fabric liner for the hood for being engaged with the horizontal leg 7 and leg 75 hood. A Velvet or other fabric lining 13 is adhesive- 80 ,3o of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown turned under the at lower side 10 of the rod and Se in the accompanying drawing and claimed. secured together in any suitable manner, such as p35 invention, several ties being fragmentarily illusmovement thereof with respect to the tie sup- 99 le trated by dotted lines as supported thereon; porting rod 8.

45 latter is in elOSed pOSii'fiOIl; and is spaced from the tie supporting rod so that a 190 50 COmpTiSilg ef pail' 0f end angie brackets each together to prevent accidental displacement of 105 v545. zontal arm 'l projects at right angles from each From the above detailed description of the in- 110 Patented Oct. 2, 1934 n o..

. "f UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE` 'mi RACK Carl- W. Giessler, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application July 17, 1933, SerialY No. 680,831-

6 claims. (01211-124) IThis invention relates to certain new and usevertical leg 5 and provides a support for the neck ful improvements in tie racks.' n tie engaging member. The primary object lof the invention is to pro- A tie supporting rod is secured at its opposite vide a rack for neck ties and the like wherein. ends respectively to the upper side of the horizon- 5. the rack embodies a supporting rod on which tal legs 7 of the bracket arm adjacent the outer 60 the neck ties are intermediately suspended and ends of said arm, being spaced from said outer a hingedly mounted cover or hood to enclose end providing leg extensions 'la as shown in Figthe upper side of the neck tie supporting rod ure 3. The upper side of the tie supporting rod 8 and beingr spaced therefrom when in closed pois arched or curved as at 9 and the lower side is 1o sition so that a tie may be slid from the supformed on a straight line as at 10 for flat engage- 65A porting rod of the rack without the necessity of ment with thehorizontal legs 7 of the bracket hingedly raising the retaining hood. arm. ,'A further object of the invention is to provide An arched cover or hood 11 is hingedly mounta tie rack'of the type embodying bracket arms ed upon the horizontal legs 7 by means of the 15v adapted for mounting upon a clothes press door, strap hinges 12 `disposed 'adjacent the upper end 70 wall or other support and embodying a transof the vertical legs 5 of the bracket arm andsaid versely arched elongated tie supporting rod and hood 1l is transversely curved'coincident to the a transversely arched elongated hinged hood to curvatureof the upper side 9 of the tie supporting overlie the supporting rod with a fabric cover rod 8, the opposite side edges 11a of the hood 11 slight frictional engagement with the tie susextension 7a. of the bracket when in closed overpended on the rod to retain them in position but lying relation with respect to the tie supporting operative to permit sliding removal of a tie from rod to space the hood from the rod as shown in the supporting rod without hingedly raising the Figure 3.

With the above and other objects in View that 1y or otherwise secured to the inner side of the will become apparent as the nature of the intransversely curved hood 11 and a velvet or vention is better understood, the same consists other fabric covering 14 encloses the upper side in the novel form, combination and arrangement of the tie supporting rod 8 with its edges 14a In the drawingzby lacing 15 as shown in Figure 4. The hinged Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a tie hood 11 is provided with a knob or handle 16 rack constructed in accordance with the present intermediate its ends to facilitate hinged opening Figure 2 is a front elevational View with the To suspend neck ties, such as shown at T by cover hOOd raised t0 permit the placement of dotted lines in Figure 1 on the rack, the hinged neck ties 011 the Supporting rod of the rackand hood 11 is elevated into the position shown in 4Q illustrating the fabric covering and lining for Figure 2, the neck ties T being intermediately -95 the IOd and hOOd respectively; suspended upon the tie supporting rod 8 and the Figure 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line hinged hood 11 then lowered into closing relation 3-3 0f Figure 1, ShOWiIlg the Space beWeeIl the with respect to the rod as shown in Figures 1 tie, SuppOItiIlg Tod and COVeI hOOd When the and 3. VWith the hoodinclosed position, the same Figure 41s a fragmentary bottom plan View of neck tie may be siidabiy withdrawn from the the rack. rack between the rod and hood without hingedly Referring more in deta t0 the @weompimyngk raising the hood. The fabric faeings for the tie drawing, there is illustrated a rack for neck ties Supporting rod and hood are sufficiently close having a Vertical leg 5 previded With Openings 6 the neck ties and to protect the neck ties from therein to facilitate the passage of screws or contact with other parts of the rack, but are other anchor means for attaching the bracket to spaced a sufcient distance apart to permit the a clothes press door,wall orother support. Ahorisliding removal of the ties.

vention, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof/will at once be apparent and while there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that/minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claimz- 1. In a neck tie rack, a pair of endangle brackets, each having a horizontal leg, a tie Ysup-- porting rod mounted at its ends on the legs andY spaced from the free ends of the legsfa hood hinged to the legs for overlying the rod with the side edges of the hood engageable with the legs at opposite sides of the rod to space the hood from the legs. 'l

2. In a neck tie rack, a pair of `enel angle brackets, each having a horizontal leg, a tie supporting rodmounted at its ends on the legs and spaced frorn the free ends of the legs, a hood hinged to the legs'for overlying the rod with the side edges of the hood engageable with the legs at opposite sides of the rod to spacethe hood j from the legs, and fabric facings for the rod and hood for preventing slippage of the ties and permittingsliding withdrawal from the rack.

3. In a neck tie rack, a pair of end angle brackets, each having a horizontal leg, a tie supi. porting rod mounted at its ends on the legs and .spaced from the free ends of the legs, a hood hinged to the legs for overlying the rod with the Yside edges of the hood engageable withY the legs at opposite Vsides of the rod to space the hood from the legs, the hinge mounting for the hood being on the horizontal legs and between the rod, and inner ends of the legs.

4. In a neck tie rack, a pair of end angle brackets, each having a horizontal leg, a tie supporting rod mounted at its ends on the legs /the legs, and fabric facings for the rod and hood for preventing slippage of the ties and permiti ting sliding withdrawalfrom the rack, the hinge mounting for the hood being on the horizontal legsand between the rod and nner'ends of the legs.

5*. In a neck tie rack, a pair of horizontally positioned legs, a semi-cylindrical tie supporting rod,'anchored at its ends to the upper sides of the legs at points spaced inwardly of opposite ends of theY legs, an arched hood hingedly mounted on each leg at a point spaced laterally of one side of the tie supporting rod with the free side edges of the hood positioned for supporting engagement Vwith the legs and with the hood spaced from the tie supporting rod.

6. In a neck tie rack, a pair of horizontally" positioned legs, a' semi-cylindrical tie supporting rod, anchored at its ends to the upper sides of the legs at points spaced inwardly of oppo- `site ends of the legs,l an arched hood hingedly mounted on each leg at a point spaced laterally of one side of the tie supporting rod with the free side edges of the hood positioned for supporting engagement with the legs and with the hood spacedfrom the tie supporting rod, the hinge mounting including a strap element adapted to atly engagejhe horizontal leg and to effect remote displacementv of the hood when the latter is moved to open position relative to the tie supporting rod. Y A

CARL W.'GIESSLER.

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